Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-21

village. How these things will tally
with the circumstances connected with
the men brought here remains to be seen.
Evidence Tending to show Cromwell's
Innocence.
SOUTH WALPoLE, Mass, Oct. 13.-The
family of Oliver Cromwell were ignorant
of his arrest until this evening" His wife
SAYS he has not been away from home
during her marriage, Account books are
said to be in existence showing Cromwell
was at work near Medlield the day after
Barron was killed. which if true would
show conclusively Cromwell could not
have had hand in the murder.
Bank Examiner Bolster Thinks the Cash
Ter was Murdered.
LEWISTON, Me-, Oct. 13.-IIon. William
w. Bolster, who was State bank examiner
at the time of the Barron tragedy, was
interviewed to-day, and said: 81 never
had any doubt that Barron was murder
ed. examined the bank after the muir
der in the presence of the trustees. The
appearance of the bank room and in the
rear coal room at once convinced me that
Barron had been killed by robbers.
The condition in which he was
found in the bank vault rendered
any other explanation improbable.
On examination of the rear room, where
coal and waste were kept, | found the
floor dusty, and evident marks upon the
floor of a squabble between men. Bar
ron's false teeth were found on the floor
in the hack room. The keys TO the bank
building and safe were also found in the
same room under waste paper IN the cor
ner. The coal hod was found on the floor
on its side, evidently dropped when they
grabbed him The back window of this
back room led out on Il low shed, which
stood 7 or s feet above the ground. From
This am satisfied the assassins escaped.
There was also found in the Masonic hall
connected with the bank crumbs of crack
erS and cigar stubs, which mad evidently
been deposited there recently. 1t was
supposed the robbers were secreted
there There was then no question
among the officers of the bank or citizens
that il was a clear case of assassination.
The Facts are that the bank made a loss of
5000 or more in a loan negotiated in Mass
achusetts Barron was 50 sensitive for
the honor and solveucy of the bank that
he undertook to provide against the whole
loss falling on the depositors by lnsurlng
his life for $1,000 and giving his note Tor
$1,000 secured by his life policy, with a
memo that 1t was to secure the bank In
part against that loss made by the unfor-
innate Massachusetts loan. The whole
thing was carefully explained in memo
randa dated over year before ms death
and found among his papers. In order TO
keep this loss from publicity, am satls.
fed Mr.. Barron changed the figures OF
the bank book, so as to evade the detec-
ton of his own generosity"
Hon j. II. DrummOnd, counsel Tor the
Dexter Savings bank says STAN story Is
pure fiction. He points out many state
meuts of Stain that are impossible from
the facts in the case. Stains story is Il
mass of inconsistencies. The eXamlna-
ton of the bank as found the morning
after the murder shows this.
Mr.. Henry L. Wood, who was postmas-
ter at the time of the murder, and was at
work in the distributing room Directly
beneath the bank, states that he doesn't
believe the story at all. Nothing can con.
vince him but that he would have heard
some noise of the scullle, the dropping OF
the body to the floor, or tall OF the hod OF
COAL but he did not hear sound. Hiis
story Of the discovery Of Cashier Barron
body is quite dramatic.